Since a few folks seem unaware of this, I’m posting anew for visibility.

  • RBG@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Anyone here not using an open source launcher after this announcement is seriously learning nothing from this. You are just trusting the next company that either already or eventually will go the same way. Like the dude mentioning Microsoft launcher as alternative, that one has branch analytics baked in as well as far as I remember.

    • slimarev92@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I backed up the APK of the last “clean” version before the sale. I’m going to keep using it until some OS update breaks it.

    • ammonium@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Be aware that using open source doesn’t protect you completely from this, look at what happened to Simple Mobile tools, best install your open source applications from f-droid.

      Do you have any good open source alternatives for Nova Launcher?

      • RBG@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Of course, but when something like that happens to a popular app there will be an outcry. If you are not a tech person you might miss that, but I’d argue if you care about what launcher your phone has and you care about this issue to go foss you are probably the type of person who’d hear about it.

        I use KISS launcher but there are many other options mentioned here that are also good. Yes, nothing is exactly like Nova. But lots of other stuff is good too.